Global Warming obviously is reality, but "Climate Change" has become a political ideology. I.e., if you point out any hole in any of the theories, or in any of the proposed solutions, the proponents of the ideology will start accusing you of "watching Fox News!" and automatically accuse you of being a science denier even if you're not.
The issue has become political, and not just because of the numerous science deniers out there, it's because the proponents of "climate change action" seem to want to take the rest of us back to the 17th Century by the end of this one, while they get to enjoy living in the 22nd.
If you are poor and depend on a gas powered car for transport to work and back, their answer is shut up, peasant, deal with it. If you like to eat, thanks to cheap and abundant natural gas sourced fertilizers, their answer is shut up peasant, pay more and eat less.
And there are indeed some holes in some aspects of Climate Change, especially in some of the examples frequently touted by Climate Change people.
An example: Sea levels rising in Miami.... It gets great play in the media periodically, especially as a scare tactic. None of the articles mention the sinking (subsidence) of the land due to depletion of the local aquifer. This is despite the fact that such subsidence is mentioned in geophysical science articles. In some regions, aquifer depletion can drop the land several feet or more. This sort of thing has actually happened in parts of California. The Climate Change activists never even mention this fact, even though they constantly claim to be backing their stands with "science." They want you to think Miami will be underwater next year because you drove your car to work this morning, when the fact is it's probably more due to Florida's coastal areas sinking because of development.
My own take on the entire Global Warming issue is that there needs to be more common sense action concerning the problem, and less alarmism and strong-arming of the population to fit some politicians' often capricious plans. Forcing people out of their gas powered cars when they need them to go to work is not going to help. EV's still have a long way to go until they become cheap enough for the average working class stiff to purchase and use. There's got to be a better way to reduce emissions other than sticking it to the working poor.
Natural gas derived fertilizers, which some wacky politicians are trying to ban, are necessary in today's agricultural marketplace -- or people will starve. it's that simple.
Back to the cost of living. Eventually the supply chain issues will be solved, and hopefully the Ukraine War will end by the close of 2023, and that may ease some of the food supply issues facing Africa, the Middle East, and other regions that for so long depended on Ukrainian grain. A lot of America's inflation is based on food and energy, and the inflationary issues with those two are related. It's not easy to fix. The pandemic, the War, some bad political decisions, some government over-spending, and other factors all contributed to the problem, and it will take a while for it to be sorted out.
Until then, I've cut back on spending. You learn to conserve and do without a few things. I feel for those who aren't in the position to survive that way. Out on the streets, without a job, it's tough to keep from falling lower. Times like this I count my blessings. Have to.